STAND. COM. REP. NO. 577

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 935

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 935, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AEROSPACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to transfer the Office of Aerospace Development from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and to transfer the functions of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems to the Office of Aerospace Development.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems.

Your Committee finds that the expertise of the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, particularly in the field of commercial technology, may help to guide a unified aerospace office to more effectively develop and expand the aerospace industry in Hawaii.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 935, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 935, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair